About Blake Shaw

I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.

June 26, 2013

This photo was taken in April, along Poe Road at the southern end of the Salton Sea. A large flock of Western Sandpipers was feeding in the shallow water, with a very strong westerly wind blowing. The birds were using their wings to balance. It was well after sunset in fading light, so the exposure is long enough that the wings are blurred.

June 20, 2013

June 19, 2013

Another Western Scrub-Jay, photographed in Idyllwild. Many bird photographers (including myself) generally avoid side-lighting when photographing birds, but since this bird turned into the sun most of the bird facing the viewer is lit, while the scene still has rather dramatic side-lighting.